Closing arguments begin; defense doesn’t present any witnesses

Former New York state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos turned one of Albany’s most powerful offices into a “cash cow” to “fund the lifestyle” of his adult son, a federal prosecutor said during closing arguments in their public-corruption trial Tuesday.

Mr. Skelos, a Long Island Republican, strong-armed companies with business before the state to make more than $300,000 in illegal payments to his son and co-defendant, Adam Skelos, “under the often unspoken but always unmistakable threat of legislative action,” Assistant...